Odessa

A fortified seaport of European Ru ia, in the government of Cherson, on a small bay of the Black Sea between the Dniester and Dnieper, 85 miles west from Kherson. In the beginning of the 15th century the Turks constructed a fortre here, which was taken by the Ru ians in 1789. On the outbreak of the Crime an war, April, 1854, the British steamer “Furious” went to Ode a for the purpose of bringing away the British consul. While under a flag of truce, she was fired upon by the batteries of the city. On the failure of the written me age from the admiral in command of the fleet to obtain explanations, 12 war-steamers invested Ode a, April 22, and in a few hours destroyed the fortifications, blew up the powder-magazines, and took a number of Ru ian ve els. On May 12, the English frigate “Tiger” stranded here, and was destroyed by Ru ian artillery. The captain, Giffard, and many of his men were killed, and the rest made prisoners.